Prisoner transfer to Kalutura

[TamilNet, Thursday, 17 February 2000, 11:04 GMT]Twenty Tamil political prisoners held at the Batticaloa prison were transferred to the Kalutura Prison, south of Colombo, today, on orders by the Ministry of Defence.

The were escorted along with a Sri Lanka Army convoy from Batticaloa to Polonnaruwa around noon, said sources said. The detainees had earlier appealed to the authorities not to transfer from Batticaloa